Decolonisation of Africa
1952–1980 · Event
Wave of African states gaining independence from European colonial rule, especially the 1960 'Year of Africa' when 17 states became independent.
On these timelines: Master, Sub-Saharan Africa
Around 1952
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- The Beatles (1960)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1960s (1960)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)